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Competition to build Canada’s new fleet of submarines kicked up a notch Wednesday with the South Korean bidder reiterating its pledge to deliver more boats faster than its German rival. CBC | World News
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OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman sued by parents who blame ChatGPT for teen’s death
The parents of a teen who died by suicide after ChatGPT coached him on methods of self harm sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday, saying the company knowingly put profit above safety when it launched the GPT-4o version of its artificial intelligence chatbot last year. CBC | World News
Read More »Spanish town does ‘tomato therapy’ in massive food fight
Thousands of revellers hurled overripe tomatoes at each other during the Tomatina festival in the Spanish town of Buñol on Wednesday. The annual festival comes about a year after devastating floods hit the region, which was why this year’s slogan was ‘tomaterapia,’ or ‘tomato therapy.’ CBC | World News
Read More »You might have heard about the flesh-eating screwworm. Here’s why you shouldn’t freak out
Just when you thought there was enough going on in the world to frazzle your nerves, along comes a flesh-eating parasite that has been spreading among livestock in Central America and has now infected a recent traveller from the U.S. and another from Canada. CBC | World News
Read More »Ukraine says nighttime attack by Russia on Kyiv leaves at least 3 dead, 12 injured
Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, came under a mass nighttime Russian attack, officials said early Thursday, with at least three dead, including a child, 12 injured and damage to buildings in several districts. CBC | World News
Read More »Minneapolis shooting survivor, 10, ‘saved’ by shot friend’s heroic act
A 10-year-old boy has shared how he ducked under a pew and covered his head as bullets ripped through the windows of his Catholic school Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘Killer dad’ allegedly admits to true cause of death of infant son as family ‘lied’
Jake Haro, 32, and his wife, Rebecca, 41, were charged with the murder of their son Emmanuel 12 days after the couple claimed the baby had been kidnapped Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »2 children, assailant dead after shooting at Minnesota church
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Read More »Susan Monarez out as CDC director less than a month after being sworn in
The director of the top U.S. public health agency is out after less than one month in the job, and several top health officials have resigned. CBC | World News
Read More »Heartbreaking details as man loses wife to scrambler ‘scourge’ in accident
Valerie Armstrong, from West Belfast, had gone for a walk through Colin Glen Forest Park when she was hit by a scrambler Daily Express :: News Feed
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